bonnetfriend (giveaway)

Iv'e already told you how much I fell in love with Leanne's bonnets the moment I saw them on her site. Well, I love them more in person...

 Leanne sent a bonnet for Audrey and we have been receiving compliments all over town...on lunch dates, hiking trips... beach trips. It's simple yet delicate and really is perfect for this hot summer.

Bonnetfriend is a mom owned local business, something that really calls out to me. I'd much rather buy from a mom owned business than a big name business. Specially when something is handmade from organic materials. 

Don't you agree?

Giveaway!

Bonnetfriend wants one of you to have a bonnet for your daughter or a special girl you know! 

All you have to do is visit Bonnetfriend on Facebook and give them a Like then comeback here and leave any topic related comment. If your not on Facebook that's okay too, just visit Bonnetfriend and tell me which bonnet is your favorite. I'll randomly pick a winner on July 20th at 11:59pm and 

email you if you are the winner. Make sure you include your email address if not already on your profile. US only. 

Aren't they adorable?

*no monetary compensation was given for this post. Bonnetfriend sent Audrey a bonnet and we fell in love. 

Update: yay! Ana is the winner! Her daughter will look beautiful in this!

a bonnet...friends

i love these bonnets from bonnetfriend. i think this should be Audrey's go to hat this summer. organic, beautiful fabrics, and locally made by a mom in Pasadena. 

friends...aren't they adorable?

giveaway winners

Have you seen the Muppet-Human gift guide yet....the pink rain boots...how could you go wrong?

I am so behind on announcing giveaway winners, here you go...

The winners of the Dos Borreguitas giveaway....

 Justice Jonesie and Jackie!!

And the winner of the Crayola giveaway ..... Maricela!

Congrats ladies!

So happy you get to open something special in the mail very very soon ( :

wrapping gifts

Iv'e been wrapping gifts all day (so late, I hope all of them get to their recipients on time!).  The kids have been driving me crazy all day. There have been about ten thousand fights which makes it ten thousand times harder to wrap a gift. It seems the no tv find something else to do was not the best of my ideas. 

I am proud of my wrapping though... every last piece of wrapping, ribbon or tag was recycled, either from gifts we received throughout the year (including last Christmas), magazines, or those fancy Trader Joes bags.( :

I am in love with their holiday bags! I was able to use the back of the TJ bag to wrap the gifts and  then cut out all the decorations from the front to make the gifts look fancy. I had Audrey rub glue stick on the decorations and then glued them on to the gifts. Every gift turned out completely different and unique and with a special touch from Audrey. 

What do you think? 

Are you all done wrapping? Do you recycle all the ribbon, bows, wrapping and bags you encounter throughout the year?

What do your gifts look like?

grandma is here

(Audrey has been playing with Christmas tree ornaments all morning. She takes them off, then hangs them back on, then takes them off and puts them back, then all over again...)

Our weekend was lovely and filled with family. Grandma Mary is here visiting and we are all in love with having her here.

She washed our windows (inside and out) and washed and dried and ironed our curtains. LOVE her.

Cheered real loud for Jeremiah at his bowl game in San Diego this weekend. Jeremiah LOVES her.

Snuck Max a hot dog and Audrey's leftover egg yolk without Kip noticing. He LOVES her.

Gave Audrey a cookie after she had already had ice cream and I had said no more. Audrey LOVES her.

And Kip has mom here....he LOVES her.

I have a fun week planned here this week... so stay tuned...a gift guide and some giveaways...hope your December is already filled with love and family...

Photo Books from Shutterfly (a Giveaway)

Iv'e been playing on Shutterfly, creating a photo book... and oh my is it fun! I can't make up my mind on what theme I love the best. I think the recipe photo book has to be one of my favorites...  a photo book gift with family recipes, photos of food/family enjoying them and history behind the yummy dishes.

  A treasure for sure.  

Shutterfly is gifting me with a photo book (yay!), I'm thinking of a summer theme filled with pictures of Jeremiah and Audrey, the beach, outdoor parties, family....

and while Iv'e been playing I thought of how many thank you cards I need to send all my favorite people... how do you manage all the thank you card sending?

Wouldn't these be super fun? 

and since I'm on the topic of how late I am on thank you's maybe I should start my Christmas cards 

now. (:

Have you ever given a photo book as a gift or received one?  

I think they are just the perfect gift!

Win it!

Shutterfly wants you to have a photo book too!

Leave me any topic related comment by 12pm August 4th, I will randomly choose 10 of you to win a free photo book! Leave your email (if it's not in your profile) so I can reach you. 

For extra entries you can follow me via google friend or facebook. Leave one comment for each.

*Have a blog? Get a free photo book from Shutterfly? 

* a photo book was given to me for sharing with you along with an offer to do a giveaway on my blog. I loved, and thought you would love to...

*Giveaway now closed winners: shawnac68, color land, peach prenni, Aurelia, terri 142, Mollly, Rae, Susan, Donna, snow